Author profile: Patrick Corcoran

The Importance of Sino-African Trade

Patrick Corcoran • Jun 16 2011 • Articles

The Chinese Communist Party has maintained political office and subsequent control in China since 1949. Chinese leaders now draw their legitimacy from the state’s amazing economic growth. China now looks to Africa for resources and offers African nations an economic model they can emulate that is vastly different than western standards.

The Rise of China

Patrick Corcoran • Mar 10 2011 • Articles

States still matter, power still triumphs, and competition still thrives. These will be the determining factors for the future of Sino-U.S. relations. Realists believe that if China can maintain its domestic economic growth and international financial strength, then a significant security competition with America is inevitable.

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